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traveled around before she was purchased by
Perkins and had produced some runners. She
produced 10 registered foals with five going
to the track earning four ROM, including
RP Miss Reckess Dash. Her first foal was
Kickin Bill by Bills Ryon. This gelding
Reckless W
second foal with an 86 speed index from two starts with no wins. They were both ROM earners on the track. Texas Teal produced one more runner in Tellherimfromtexas by Tellers Dash. This gelding earned his racing ROM with one win in seven starts and an 80 speed index.
Merganser won the 1988 All American Futurity-G1, the Rainbow Futurity-G1,
the Sun Country Futurity-G1 and the West Texas Futurity-G2. His success at two led to his being named the 1988 World Champion, Champion Two Year Old and Champion Two-Year-Old Colt. He made 13 starts and won 10 races at two. Overall, he raced 23 times with 13 wins, earning $1,373,704. He is sired by Duck Dance TB by Water Prince, and he is out of Hug Tiny by Tiny’s Gay, the 1974 World Champion.
Merganser sired 177 starters with 117 ROM, earnings of $1,888,229 and six stakes winners. His leading money earner is Ducky Fred, winner of $366,172 with wins in races like the All American Gold Cup-G2, the New Mexico Challenge Championship-G2 and the World’s Championship Classic-G2.
The dam of Texas Teal is Shawns Pawn, a race mare with 43 starts, 18 wins and
earned a 92 speed index with one win in ten
starts. He earned $3,012. He was bred by
Bobby Cox. Batirs Angel by Batir was her
World Champion Dash For Cash (below), sire of Reckless Dash.
RPire
tChampion Rocket Wrangler (left), sire of Dash For Cash.
Dash For Cash, the 1976 and 1977 AQHA World Champion is the sire of Reckless Dash. He was also the 1976 and 1977 Champion of Champions-G1 winner. He is an all-time leading sire of money earners with earnings of over $39 million. His foals include Champion First Down Dash, the #1 all-time leading sire of money earners with earnings of over $89 million.
Dash For Cash was sired by Rocket Wrangler, the 1970 AQHA Champion Two- year-Old Colt and that year’s All American Futurity-G1 winner. The sire of Rocket Wrangler is Rocket Bar, and he is out of Go Galla Go by Go Man Go. The dam of Dash For Cash is Find A Buyer, a Thoroughbred mare sired by To Market, and she is out of Hide And Seek by Alibhai.
Shaken Not Stirred is the dam of Reckless Dash. She was a stakes placed runner, including a third in the 1982 Rainbow Futurity. She won $84,584 with five wins, four seconds and one third in
12 starts. She is the dam 12 foals with
10 starters, nine ROM and three stakes winners. Her foals earned $417,989. Besides Reckless Dash, her other stakes winners
are Shake The Cash, winner of the 1988 Pocahontas Handicap (1st Division), and Wholottastirrin, winner of the 1994 Burst Of Energy Stakes. Shaken Not Stirred is sired by Raise Your Glass TB, and she is
out of My Move by Jet Smooth. Her dam is Lassie Roul by Roulade.
The dam of RP Miss Reckess Dash is unraced Texas Teal, by Merganser. She
All American Futurity winner Merganser.
Besides Reckless Dash, Shaken Not Stirred’s other stakes winners include Shake The Cash.
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